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California wildfires surpasses 100 square miles
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California wildfires surpasses 100 square miles

December 6, 2017

8:03 a.m. The biggest and most destructive of several wildfires burning in Southern California has scorched more than 101 square miles. State fire authorities say the fire burning in Ventura…

Amid positive talk, some in GOP offer blunt take on taxes
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Amid positive talk, some in GOP offer blunt take on taxes

December 6, 2017

House Republicans, from left, Rep. Rob Woodall, R-Ga., Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, and Rep. Mark Sanford, R-S.C., arrive for a closed-door strategy session on Capitol Hill…

US Rep. John Conyers announces he’s retiring today
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US Rep. John Conyers announces he’s retiring today

December 5, 2017

Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington during a hearing. When sexual-misconduct allegations surface in the private sector, a boss…

Fate of 8M low-income children is in limbo
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Fate of 8M low-income children is in limbo

December 3, 2017

Denver resident TC Bell’s two daughters, Dagny, 8 and Emma, 4, are recipients of the Children’s Health Insurance Program or CHIP, which is a program that provides low-cost coverage to…

Senate Democrats stand united against GOP tax bill
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Senate Democrats stand united against GOP tax bill

December 3, 2017

Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., speaks, as she is accompanied by Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., left, Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., during a…

Blasts fails to bring down upper section of Silverdome
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Blasts fails to bring down upper section of Silverdome

December 3, 2017

Demolition company Adamo said the blasts in Pontiac, Michigan, did weaken the Silverdome and it could still fall, but it’s unclear when that might happen. Rick Cuppetilli, executive vice president…

Utah’s tenacious efforts to take back federal land stand out
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Utah’s tenacious efforts to take back federal land stand out

December 3, 2017

The Upper Gulch section of the Escalante Canyons within Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument features sheer sandstone walls, broken occasionally by tributary canyons. Utah has long stood out for going…

Trump lashes out at own FBI in a series of tweets
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Trump lashes out at own FBI in a series of tweets

December 3, 2017

President Donald Trump gestures as he walks towards Air Force One at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017. Trump spent the day in New…

Take a look at what didn’t happen this week
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Take a look at what didn’t happen this week

December 1, 2017

Not real President Trump Just Saved Christmas For 13 Million Retirees The facts The nation’s seniors won’t be getting a letter from the Internal Revenue Service granting them a “Christmas…

Democrat Tim Keller takes helm as Albuquerque’s new mayor
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Democrat Tim Keller takes helm as Albuquerque’s new mayor

December 1, 2017

The former New Mexico state auditor officially became mayor ahead of a ceremonial inauguration and promised to immediately make changes to Albuquerque’s troubled police department. “As your mayor, I’m dedicated…